Course title

English

Pre-requisite

Senior

Course description

Semester 1: Communications Skills
Communication Skills is designed to prepare students for the real world. It gives them the skills they need to reach their goals and live up to their full potential at school; home; and work. This course focuses on enhancing communication skills including intercultural communication; interpersonal skill development; communicating in close relationships; small groups; large groups; and organizations (public speaking); and mass media and new technology communication. Classes will consist of real-life scenarios and role-playing.

Sample Semester
Week Unit
1 Individual Identity in Communication
2 Perception & Understanding
3 Verbal Communication
4 Non-Verbal Communication
5 Listening & Responding
6 Intercultural Communication
7 Close Relationships
8 Small Group Communication
9 Communicating in Organizations (clubs; job interviews; businesses)
10 Introduction to Public Speaking; Argumentation; Rhetoric
11 Pathos: Using Emotions in to Sustain an Argument
12 Ethos: The Importance of Credibility
13 Logos: Providing Hard Evidence and Reasoning
14 Public Speaking: Informative
15 Public Speaking: Persuasive
16 Public Speaking: Persuasive
17 Public Speaking: Commemorative
18 Final Exams

School country

United States

School state

Arizona

School city

Lake Havasu City

School / district Address

2675 S Palo Verde

School zip code

86403

Date submitted

Denied

Yes

Denied date

Denied reason

No Literature component

Online / Virtual

No